The first LNG tanker passes through expanded Panama Canal

The 161,870-cbm Maran Gas Apollonia, chartered by the Hague-based LNG giant Shell, is the first LNG tanker to transit the newly expanded Panama Canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

As previously reported by LNG World News, the Greek-flagged LNG tanker was scheduled to transit through the canal on July 25, loaded with a cargo from Cheniere’s Sabine pass liquefaction plant, the first of its kind to export U.S. shale gas to overseas markets.

The LNG carrier is currently transiting the expanded canal, according to the Panama Canal, and as shown in the image above.

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